The possibility of 15-year-old sensation JJ Gabriel playing a first-team game with Manchester United suddenly got much higher after the academy forward was added to Michael Carrick’s squad for the next leg of a preseason tour of northern Europe.
Gabriel made waves in the U-18 Premier League last season, scoring 26 goals in 26 games, despite starting the campaign aged just 14. It was for that reason the homegrown talent wasn’t able to play in the Premier League, with rules not allowing those so young—you cannot legally play in the division during the same season in which you turn 15, which Gabriel did last October.
